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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 20th, 2022 - 38 comments
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Date published: 7:28 am, December 20th, 2022 - 96 comments
I thought David Seymour was the most interesting speaker at the Victoria University post-election conference at Parliament last year. Two things stood out for me in his presentation following ACT’s election gains. He opened by offering lengthy and effusive praise to his researcher, then clearly stated his objective to supplant National as the leading party on the right. He’s on track for that, as current media attention shows.
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Date published: 7:21 am, December 20th, 2022 - 34 comments
Wayne Brown is proposing the sale of Auckland Council’s Airport shares to plug a budget hole. He thinks it is a simple decision and a rational way to take care of the deficit. I beg to differ.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 20th, 2022 - 124 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 19th, 2022 - 13 comments
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Date published: 12:26 pm, December 19th, 2022 - 16 comments
After nearly 20 years of frustrating ‘Free Trade’ talks between India and New Zealand, the chair of the India New Zealand Business Council (INZBC), Earl Rattray, has acknowledged that “a different approach to the traditional Free Trade Agreements which have served us well in many markets will be needed for India.” Whew. About time.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 19th, 2022 - 168 comments
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Date published: 9:03 am, December 18th, 2022 - 134 comments
Mawkish sentiment running up to Christmas perhaps, but imagine Luxon or Willis speaking hours after the Christchurch massacre. Only Ardern of the entire Parliament has the ability to govern for calm in the name of the calm we all need.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 18th, 2022 - 74 comments
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Date published: 8:48 am, December 17th, 2022 - 136 comments
Australia is showing New Zealand how to resist the authoritarian Xi Jinping’s pressure and stay prosperous at the same time.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 17th, 2022 - 108 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 16th, 2022 - 18 comments
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Date published: 8:01 am, December 16th, 2022 - 54 comments
The big news this week was Jacinda Ardern describing David Seymour in an unparliamentary phrase on an open mike in Parliament. But the matter was resolved in a way that can only happen in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Date published: 7:37 am, December 16th, 2022 - 80 comments
Can humans decouple resource overuse from economic growth?
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 16th, 2022 - 42 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 15th, 2022 - 8 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 15th, 2022 - 72 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 14th, 2022 - 10 comments
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Date published: 11:51 am, December 14th, 2022 - 15 comments
Kim Hill vs Tobacco Company PR Guy.
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Date published: 8:19 am, December 14th, 2022 - 20 comments
Chris Luxon has doubled down on a dog whistle attack on South Auckland garages by apologising if anyone was offended, thereby ignoring most of South Auckland who were definitely offended.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 14th, 2022 - 58 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 13th, 2022 - 27 comments
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Date published: 3:27 pm, December 13th, 2022 - 311 comments
Vladimir Zelensky’s message to the New Zealand Parliament will be delivered in the last week before Christmas, in the bury-it time-slot. That seems appropriate, for much has changed since the heady days when our Parliament went straight for sanctions on Russia without discussion.
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Date published: 7:46 am, December 13th, 2022 - 77 comments
New Zealand politics is at an interesting stage. With announcements about Ministerial futures pending and with a review of all current projects to occur over Christmas Jadinda Ardern is planning to repurpose Labour to have its best chance in the election next year.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 13th, 2022 - 57 comments
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Date published: 5:30 pm, December 12th, 2022 - 65 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 12th, 2022 - 91 comments
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 11th, 2022 - 58 comments
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Date published: 7:11 pm, December 10th, 2022 - 95 comments
The polls are now closed but someone should tell National about how on election day you should not be campaigning.
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Date published: 9:15 am, December 10th, 2022 - 47 comments
Brian Easton at Pundit provides a clear overview on what is happening in out large generator / retailer market at present. Their implicit collusion on excessive pricing is profiteering and even using future capital to pay off investors rather than improve the cost of and efficiency usage of power.
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Date published: 6:00 am, December 10th, 2022 - 53 comments
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